Superbly rustic, cro-magnon basement pub in Tallinn Town Hall.

Late night revelry in old world surroundings proving Bamberg isn't just about beer halls.

A surviving 'Ultramarino' hidden behind a shop-counter! Sip vermouth and munch tapas with the locals!

Fun among Novi Sad locals at this vivid in-the-know backstreet café bar!

Black Dog's vaults are a characterful setting for a pub that is the best Bratislava old town has to offer!

Iconic late-night apartment bar with macabre artwork and baroque furnishings!

Emblematic of the city, a beautifully tiled surviving boozer that shows English pubs at their best.

Legendary basement vaults hosting affordable Jazz concerts and all-round hospitality!

A venue which packs more colour and intrigue into its premises than the rest of Podgorica put together!

Unspoilt and authentic central brown café that has rightly become a city institution.

A carefully guarded love-or-hate pub that is a labour of love, a monument to individual character and insistence on standards.

One of the few Echter Zoiglstubn left in the world. Truly special hospitality. Check the calendar - and go at once!

Not your typical Irish pub! This pocket-sized, memorabilia-strewn drinking den is a one-off. Unforgettable.

High quality cocktails in a unique space offering a special, seductive atmosphere.

Immense pork steaks and infinite glasses of Kölsch at this institution on the east bank.

Preserved historic splendour and comfort to luxuriate in at this heritage protected real ale tavern.

Ruthless craic, local gossip and lively atmosphere at a bar-cum hardware store that's kept its character.

A veritable cathedral to beer. While touristy, this infamous state-run beer hall is jaw-dropping and unique.

Czech pubgoing encapsulated. For the ritual, for the Pilsner, for the atmosphere. Sublime.

Luis Pinto Coelho created this lush nouveau space that has since become the local pub, cocktail bar and living room.

An ideal blend of modernity and tradition reboots the pub in an authentic neighbourly hangout.

Spectacular beer selection with a distinctive theme offering outstanding community value.

Authentic 1920s Belgian brown café with the gezellig cosiness and excellent selection of beers you'd expect.

A true hidden bar nestled in an apartment block. Unique cocktails served to a lively, unpretentious crowd.

Hungarian folk base with a cult music and literary crowd, quite unlike anywhere else in the city.

Surviving central tasca and shrine to FC Porto by locals for locals, belonging to a different economy altogether.

A true one-off, drink on the stand with locals in a former guard house opposite enormous wooden barrels of fortified wines.

A true survivor and now preserved cultural icon, a bar where you can make new friends almost as soon as you walk in.

Central beer mecca - that makes room for German and English beers too - remains unchanged and beloved.

Since 1631 The Grape has been serving liquor, today battling for survival along with Amsterdam's other brown cafés.

The word cult almost doesn't do justice to this popular, friendly and super atmospheric beer specialists.

Among the finest brown cafés in Amsterdam combining a neighbourly feel with a genius loci that can't be manufactured.

Drink beer poured by a legend tapster at this old-time institution. A knajpa slap-bang in the city centre, where local rules apply.

All the strengths of Polish bars: vintage décor, latest craft beers, friendly & informal, lively surroundings.

Black Tulip is off the beaten path, a diamond of a pub with its brooding atmosphere and social value.

One of Kraków's oldest punk hangouts, this is fab scuzzy late bar is here to let your hair - and potentially family - down.

Supreme sidestreet boozer with fabulous real ales and community atmosphere not to be missed.

Cult smokey late night basement boozer with superb atmosphere and surprisingly high quality beers.

Curated by Luis Pinto Coelho, it's a one-off interior. Cocktail-focused yet informal and casual - it's brilliant.

Spectacular Art Nouveau bar/café/dancehall/cinema open late. Because it's Wrocław, it's non-touristy too!

The definition of a pub Czechs would label a "pajzl". Grotty, clapped out but so much magic in its mischief.

A true cosy boozer with fireplaces, personalised interior and impeccable real ale credentials.

A pub with the works. Real ale + ciders, hoard of Belgian beers, cosy interior, lovely garden, quiz and grub.

A venue that makes you rethink what a bar may be. Informal off-beat courtyard opening in summer for casual hangouts.

Find a hidden bell to be led into a basement with shabby chic furnishings and highly intoxicating cocktails.

The ghosts of old Kazimierz are all around you in this antiquey vintage bar with a bonus terrace across the road.

A.K.A "Café du coin d'en bas de la rue du bout de la ville d'en face du port" Enter a different world.

A 'superpub' that combines old and new, youth and experience to create something really special.

An exemplar of a traditional North England backstreet pub, the kind that are vanishing.

One of the ultimate Dutch corner pubs that maintains tradition while refreshing its products and community value.

Deliberately preserved thriving backstreet terrace pub that is everything working class pub going should be.

Live music, pizza nights, summer terrace and a rare outing for Belgian beer in Germany in this stunning institution.

Brutally enormous pork knee, famous tapsters and honest local life make this one of the most significant pubs in the nation.

Back from the dead, one of Brussels cult artistic hangouts is shining bright yet again.

Scaling the heights of old-world comfort and community spirit at a pub virtually unchanged since 1899.

Unmarked late night back street gloom at this oh-so-atmospheric insomniacs hangout.

A bar with no bar? The charmingly nicknamed 'English Arse' is the epitome of an unspoilt brown café.

Faded Edwardian splendour and intimacy create the matchless atmosphere at this tiny boozer.

Famous 'Nellie's', an coaching Inn with a warren of rustic fireplace rooms will transport you to the 18th century.

The cult underground venue in Brno. Smokey, grungy and wild, but still tapping world class lager.

Catholic kitsch fountains across this unmissable incense-filled late opening cocktail bar.

Port from the barrel, ancient wood and candlelit gloom under the rumble of passing trains overhead.

Žižkov's quirky cult pub offers more amenities than you can shake a stick at, while getting the basics right.

Beautifully curated cosy parlour of good music, hospitality and booze that you will never want to leave.

Erasmus students & backpackers beware at this intense, Pastis-swilling folk club that fiercely defends its position.

Despite the owner's notoriety, this historic tavern boasts possibly the finest pub room in England.

Live Jazz and terrace socialising in an iconic 120+ year old Kreuzberg institution.

Simply put, village pubs rarely get any better than this.

Communist bunker, lost garden and bohemian neighbourhood hangout rolled into one.

Seemingly forever open, here is the beating heart of Kazimierz, the best nightlife district in Eu...

A late opening Kazimierz bar that is one of the most intensely atmospheric you can find.

Proof that cutting edge beer and timeless pub appeal does not need to be kept apart for the sake of fashion.

Ethnograpic museum, sprawling courtyard bar and club - so much to explore and enjoy.

Close to the apotheosis of a present-day Czech Hospoda; excellent in all ways.

Mechanical marionettes, rousing singalongs, Victorian carnival games and live Jazz. Enter the wonderful madness...

Superb Kneipe. Instinctive grasp of hospitality, how to create atmosphere and the importance of being distinctive.

Remote unspoilt country pub/sweet shop with a special unextinguished charm.

A mountain refuge where keg beer is delivered on foot to 2220m, enjoyed in what is to all intents, a pub.

A small West Kerry brewery with cask beer and a wonderfully cosy pub with views of the peninsula.

Love or hate it, you'll never forget your visit to Aunti Vikis with her brain-damaged pets and piles of belongings.

'Wreck Bar' is, in short, the best 'Ruin Bar' outside Budapest. A highlight of any trip to Debrecen.

Getting a seat at this iconic pub becomes ever more difficult, but there are strong reasons to persevere.

Unchanged and still supreme, the Black Ox's legend grows but its core offer remains simple and social.

A culmination of everything that makes a good British pub beaming bright at this truly outstanding destination.

Family-run pub with live Jazz and tapas nights. Wonderful hospitality and atmosphere.

This tiny cobweb-strewn candlelit bar has with its genial hospitality, hosted nights to remember since 1798.

Pastis-addled dreamers assemble at this candlelit late night bunker of ephemera.

The best beer hall in the world. Enjoy smoke beer gravity poured from the wooden barrel in the most characterful social setting.

One of the oldest continually operating businesses in the world is waiting for your next visit...

Former grocery store reimagined in the 1980s into an eclectic, unmissable museum/bar.

Heaven in Glasnevin, where all the tall tales about the 'best Guinness in Dublin' finally come true.

Eccentric + charming, Dirk and Leen age Belgian beers in their cellar, inviting you to their living room to taste them.

No life should be spent without at least one trip to this vibrant work of art.

The supreme Czech Pivnice, its virtues of simplicity and social bonding are matchless.

Brewery, wall of whisky, habadashery, garden, good cheer and good song makes it among the best pubs in Europe.

Cocktail robot, animatronic wall figures and old timer whimsy accent this gloriously unabashed late opening Jazz bar.

Magnificent convivial surroundings to enjoy one - or many - of the best beers on Earth.

Don "Willy" Retsin invites you into his Lucifernum...

The original 'ruin bar' maintains its greatness today even while transformed into a major tourist destination.

A blend of oriental intrigue and homespun charms and comforts makes this arguably the best bar in Europe.